The valiant Malays of Sri Lanka | Lost & Forgotten

The valiant Malays of Sri Lanka | Lost & Forgotten
Host: Hassaan Shazuli
Resource Person: Dr. Zameer Careem
Producer: Roen Jasinghe
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[@rocketman9212]

Malays are talented people. They are fluent in many languages. Very good in sports as well having good personality

[@janiduchandrasekara8830]

They pronounce those languages very well.

[@rocketman9212]

@@janiduchandrasekara8830 yes true, they can pronounce any language. I had loot of friends back I'm school.really talented people. Social as well.Those days many Malays use to work for forces and intelligence services

[@astella3]

i agree with that!!

[@g.raliyaseenar2351]

Malays are always straight and honest

[@hisharmlantra6091]

Thank you doctor Careem and all who organised this interview and remind many great contribution by Malays to beautiful Sri Lanka. We also should remember our heroes Malays who worked for Sri Lankan Army, intelligence unit , officer Tuan Nizam Muthaliff always to be remembered . We had great Malay ruggeriters mostly from Kandy. Many lead the Sri Lankan national team. With my Salams to All Sri Lankan Malays. Stay safe All. Lantra from Kuwait.

[@sumayyaally3868]

Good one Hassan,very well presented! ❤️ Thank you Dr.Zameer.Banyak terimakasi

[@motivationandholisticunder4931]

Love from KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA....

[@sampa1586]

I accidentally bumped on to this program. What a treasure. I strongly suggest that you conduct a sinhala version too.

[@kasunrodrigo6592]

I think same I requested from Mr Nuwan to create the platform will see

[@g.raliyaseenar2351]

It's really to be proud Malay in srilanka it's our great great parents were soldiers and comand

[@crypticTV]

Working for their colonizers tho 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

[@Anuq]

@@crypticTV Did they have a choice lol?!

[@taufiq.fitntv5342]

Peace be upon you blood brother. Me also malay from selangor Malaysia ❤️🇲🇾

[@UserABC123-or4gh]

No, some were exiled to Sri Lanka for opposing colonialism in their country

[@gaminidealwis5075]

Great interview. The Malays were a very friendly people. At one time the fire brigade had many from Java. They were good at sports, music and the Malay girls were very pretty. The history of the people in Sri Lanka was very educational and revealing great interview.

[@rocketman9212]

Yes Malays use to work for forces army and intelligence.straight forward people

[@michaelrockstar8281]

Wowww, I am mind blown by Dr Zameer Careem's intelligence, eloquence and storage capacity. Please remove the annoying background music as we cant hear Dr Careem speak. You are truly a treasure to this island. Please ignore the comments from those jealous, ignorant, and feeble minded idiots who are trying hard to find some mistake in your awe-inspiring presentation. Sri Lanka is proud of you. Keep up your good work, and may you achieve greater heights.

[@YRoshani]

Appreciate News First and Dr. Careem for enlightening Sri Lankans on our ethnic origin since many, inclusive of Malays and Javas have forgotten and overlooked on their roots, cultural practice, language and even cuisine. Each Malay family came to Ceylon has their own story to share with everyone, whilst this discussion summarised it wonderfully. Thank you for informing on Serikaya and dodol, which are in fact are our dishes where a very few knows about it, especially non Malays are not aware of this and believes that origin is from different regions belonging to different ethnic origins ( where my attempts of educating the common population on this fact has been quite an unsuccessful one)

[@astella3]

i am a malaysian tamil and i love the malays because of their lovely hearts!!!1

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

I'm Indonesian. Thank you for loving our Malay family.

[@chamathrathnayake4715]

Thanks a lot for the awakening lecture

[@cecilhilrey]

Thank you and it was one of the best prgramme going back into the Malay history in Sri Lanka better known as Sri Lanka

[@Diandraization]

Melayu Sumatera support Melayu Srilanka..!! ✊✊🇮🇩💚🇱🇰

[@Binturong771]

Im amazed by Dr Careem knowledge he could brought detile of history..i got enlightment

[@SahanTheMighty]

Loved this interview. Dr Careem is incredible. I’m glad he speaks fast, concisely and eloquently. Any other Sri Lankan would have taken a week to explain the same information 🙄🙄.

[@tonysoyza3296]

Very informative.

[@engjayah]

Dr. Careem, your have delivered a wonderful lecture on Malay community and keep continuing your research work on Sri Lankan Malays after Dr. Husseimiya. Amongst Malays contributed to the nation, we should not forget name of the former Maj. Gen. Tuan Suraj Bansajayah who was attached to 58th Battalion of Sri Lanka Army.

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

As an Indonesian, I saw "Bansajayah" and "Tuan" are very familiar names. "Tuan" means "Mister/Sir" and "Bansajayah" or "Bangsa yang Jaya" means "Victorious Nation".

[@historyworld7638]

Very nice and impressive.

[@truecomrade975]

A very interesting interview by Dr Zameer Careem. You are simply brilliant. Learnt a great deal on the Malays. Keep up the good work.

[@encryptme]

man, the historical contents are wonderful but the bg music is annoying and too loud!

[@amein73]

salam from Malaysia..

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

As an Indonesian of Java origin, I must say that Javanese, Malays, Bugis etc are martial race.

[@samaraweera13]

All episodes are so interesting. Only thing is Dr Careem is like an express train!

[@malarchandrasekaram165]

Very good explanation and informative. He should write a book

[@SANDRASOURJAH]

Please read Dr Zameers book PerSaudaraan. You'll love it.

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Our Sweet king Coach Miss Srahi Bongso 👍Watalapaj👍👍

[@astella3]

welcome to malaysia!

[@malarchandrasekaram165]

Why not you have these on TV as a series

[@truecomrade975]

It was televised on TV1/MTV. It is a series I guess. There might be other profs who would come on the show

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Well Dressesd👍

[@VoiceSriLanka]

That background music ay ay ay.

[@priyarajk3364]

This will be good without the background music....as Dr. Careem's points will be clearer without B/music.

[@Anuq]

True

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

✍️👍

[@astella3]

yes, sampan is boat in malay language

[@pipinpramono2728]

In fact, the community in Sri Lanka is Javanese, not Malay. because Javanese and Malays are different tribes...

[@warrenkelly4561]

Lost and forgotten! You guys should dig deeper about ceylons contributions to WW1 and WW11. No one talks about it nor knows about the contribution.

[@latiffamilysydney]

I'm a veerabangsa, Roshini in Sydney! how do I get the records of family tree genealogy?

[@tmzthehistorian9639]

Though Weerabangsa's are scattered around the island, majority of them lived in Trincomalee, up until the 1980s or so. My mum's relatives, the Lyes, Jainudeens, Chunchies, Saldins, Jayahs and Kayats are related to a few Weerabangsa's, and there were quite a few Weerabangsa's in the Armed forces and the Police. If they were attached to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, records can be obtained from the Archives in Kew, UK, the service records, under Ceylon. The Ceylon Blue Books, Ferguson Directories, and numerous other registries should contain some details of your forebears (if you know their names and the original spellings), if they had served in the forces and Governmental departments. You ought to visit the National Archives, Colombo, the Police Library, and other repositories if you wish to find out more. Hope I have answered your question.

[@Binturong771]

I got stumble over these family names, they have unique meaning in Malay language..such as Veerabangsa = Wirabangsa = Hero of the Nation, Chunchies = Kunci = Keys, Jayahs = Jaya = Victory, Kayats = Hikayat = Story/advanture related of Ancient Kingdom.. maybe there are stories behind those names

[@adper112j]

This needs to be in Sinhala and Tamil as well. Sri Lankans as a whole live in a bubble - we need to get in touch with reality. 23&me or some genetic tests also should be done to show how mixed all of us are. This whole pure race business will only hold us back till we all march slowly to ruin, and let our 'leaders' take advantage of all of us.

[@akshamfcd]

I learnt now from1505 මෙම නිධානය වූ ලංකාව හොරා කෑමට ලක් විය, අද වනතුරු ලක් වැසියන්ට ඉතුරු වී ඇති එක පුදුමයක්.......... බටහිර රටවල් අපේ රට බල කොටු තනා හුරා කෑ අදටත් අපිව හුරා කන දේශපාලුවන් අපි තෝරා පත් කර ඇත......

[@lll7183]

I really wish I can find out where we came from . Go back to our origins. Is there a way of finding out . We know upto 4 generation behind. Its from then onwards not known. I just want to back to my origins so badly.

[@m.emaads.7919]

there is a place you can go to in order to find out your origins

[@lll7183]

@@m.emaads.7919 Do you know where? Any links

[@tmzthehistorian9639]

You ought to begin your search with the birth and death certificates, and then move to the directories, Ceylon blue books, Ferguson directories, Ceylon almanac, and other sources. The National Archives, and the library of the National Museum Colombo are the best repositories. So is the birth and death registrar office, dam street, Colombo. The search depends on the profession of your forbears, if they were in the military, police, and administrative services, you can find also access the National Archives, Kew Archives, and Commonwealth war office etc.

[@lll7183]

@@tmzthehistorian9639 Thank you. I don't reside in Sl right now . In my next visit will definitely reach one of these dep. I'm in the verge on getting a DNA done to see actually roots.

[@m.emaads.7919]

@@lll7183 ancestry dna test can show specific places of origin

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

I meant Bright 👍

[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Tony Nalawqnsa Our Soft Ball Fast Bowle Cricket 🏏

[@astella3]

kalingga is north sumatera

[@barneyjackrabbit2986]

I think this historian has forgotten that Indians were in the British army fighting the Japs in WW11 as well as the Gurkas from Nepal. Gurkas were the best warries as confirmed by the British and till today the Brits have Gurkas battlians in UK.

[@alochoa7057]

Malay are austronesian people from formosa islands then they sailed to phiilppines to micronesia guam then to melanesian islands and Polynesia Then they sailed to Indonesia then to Madagascar the austronesian proto malayo polynesian orgin is Philippines our filipino malay muslims look exactly like Indonesian and they speak the same.austronesian language our filipino sea gypsies badjao live in the blue ocean waters and Malaysia sabah are filipino malay Philippines just won sabah back because it uae to belong to us

[@malarchandrasekaram165]

What he says is right that'll why Rajapaksha has Malay Face

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

Maybe he had Srivijaya DNA within his blood? Greeting from Indonesia, ancestral home of Sri Lanka Malays.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@bramantyoprahoro7284 Could be. There was a migration of Buddhist Javanese to Sri Lanka during the 13th century who settled in the country. It could be from there. Southern Sinhalese tend to have more Javanese ancestry, hence why some of them look like a mix of native Sri Lankan and Javanese.

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x We need a DNA check. Looks can be deceiving since Javanese and Malays are belong to the same mixture: Austronesian and Austroasiatic hybrid race.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@bramantyoprahoro7284 You're right and also there were other groups from Indonesia that settled in Sri Lanka too like Ambonese and Balinese and it happened such a long time ago that nobody knows exactly where their ancestors came from. I did a DNA test myself and it came back as "Java" and "Bali".

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x Are you Sri Lanka Malay or Sinhala majority? Just for curiousity.

[@akdpse466]

It is pleasant to hear about the contribution given from your group of people for the development of this country, if it done by "good faith" or the true intention of developing this country. You people are having all the rights to live in this country. NO arguments. But, by virtue of ISLAM devotees, you are "NOT suppose to CLAIM this country leads to the condition of "DAR AL ISLAM", sura 10:25 7 & 6:127 in Quran as "Paradise"......

[@dhammikawickramasingha7725]

Your program is good but it is goes only around last 600 years. Is that only the forgotten history or are you willing take the history to further after completed this significant colonial period if not the program is like working to fulfill the particular agenda

[@dkir3829]

There is plenty of monks talking about the 2500 every day...do we need more reminder?

[@rimashaji4152]

Why? Are you afraid of saying Srilanka is not only for Sinhalese.?

[@rowenahawkins5708]

Dr. Careen is a very brilliant and erudite historian indeed; he certainly knows his stuff and he delivers the lectures without referring to any notes. He should be left to speak without any interruptions from the host Hassaan Shazuuli, who tends to interrupt at the most inappropriate points and does not seem to ask pertinent questions. Very annoying! Just let Dr. Careem get on with his lecture without let nor hindrance...!

[@pipinpramono2728]

In fact, the community in Sri Lanka is Javanese, not Malay. because Javanese and Malays are different tribes

[@TuuWon]

Most of the community is Javanese true but there are also Malay families and other place of Indonesia. That’s why it’s hard for us to trace where we came from because our ancestors came from different parts.

[@pipinpramono2728]

@@TuuWonJust a reminder that not all brown skinned people are Malay. it is more appropriate to use the language of science to generalize Austronesian or Melanesian for examples

[@pipinpramono2728]

It's important because there is one country in ASEAN that is generalizing everything in ASEAN, even in the world, those with brown skin are the Malays. without even feeling ashamed to say that.

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

We are indeedly different from my perspective as a Javanese but the British who colonized then Ceylon (present-day Shri Lanka) had had a hard time to differentiate Javanese and Malays due to physical similarity. That's why the Brits instantly classifying Javanese, Sundanese and another Indonesian ethnicities as "Malays" for the administration. FYI, some Peninsula Malay noblemen were also exiled alongside the Indonesian counterparts.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@bramantyoprahoro7284 It's the result of British colonisation. When the British arrived they came across Sri Lankans who spoke Batavian Malay and incorrectly termed them Malays. In the native languages of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Javanese are still known as "Javaan", "Java Minissu" etc.

[@dislikebutton8678]

You said once you are a Afghani in a TV channel and now telling a melayu confusing

[@tuanaqeel5885]

He is half Pashtun and half malay

[@Esperalzi-Esfaral]

Called Sri Lankan "Malays". But they all look like INDIANS/TAMILS to me. Including the two Sri Lankan "Malay" men in this video. And when they speak, whether English or Malay, they do so with Tamil/Indian accent. Their Malay language follows Tamil language syntax and grammatical structure. So instead of saying "rumah biru" (blue house) as in standard Malay language of Southeast Asia, they say "biru rumah", pretty much like Indians of Malaysia who are not fluent in Malay speak.. Any of these Sri Lankan "Malays", if they are to stand in a crowd of Malaysians in Malaysia, Malaysians, including Malaysian Malays, would mistake them as Indians or Tamils. And they would be called "mamak" in Malaysia. "Mamak" refers to Indian Muslims as well as to Malays with partly Indian blood. And I couldn't understand at all Sri Lankan Malay language when I listen to it, just a jumble of Malay and Javanese words. Just like listening to Tagalog, or maybe a bit easier than Tagalog. My Indonesian friends too have same view of Sri Lankan Malays and their Sri Lankan Malay language. No offense here, just my view as a Malaysian Malay.

[@tuanaqeel5885]

true

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

As an Indonesian, I see Sri Lankan Malay language stands out as a new ones despite the shared linguistic root to us. I agree with you.

[@BenAhmed67]

Yes, true but also remember the the Malay proverb "di mana bumi di pijak, di situ langit di junjung"..the Lankan Malays chose to stay there and they respected the local norms..

[@Do2mifasol-nh3lq]

Yes this is called language evolution.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

None of them have an Indian accent, it's a Sri Lankan accent. They look South Asian because Malays are mixed with other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. There are still Malays that look more like typical Malay in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Malay has nothing to do with Malay language from Malaysia. It developed from Batavian Malay with influences from other languages in Sri Lanka. You need to stop thinking "Malay" equals Malaysian Malay" because it doesn't in a Sri Lankan context. Most Sri Lankan Malays are Javanese, Ambonese, Balinese and others from eastern Indonesia. Only a minority actually trace their ancestry to the Malay peninsula.

[@vihangaperera]

The loophole in his analysis is, while referring to the rest of the world in pre-colonial appellations, he still refers to our island as "Sri Lanka". Which is very funny, to say the least. If Indonesia had a diversity which was reduced and shrunk by the term "Indonesia", the same should be applied to the term, Ceylon/Sri Lanka.

[@rimashaji4152]

There are differents between the terms 'Nationality' and 'Ethnicity'. You can call entire enthinic group as a Srilankan. But you can't call entire Srilankans one ethnicity.

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

Probably because most of the names for this island come from variations of the name ‘Lanka’ including ‘Ceylon’. The exceptions are ‘Sarandib’ and ‘Thambapanni’